Question about gnome and X11 Auth

[Gordon Messmer]

Reg Clemens wrote:
> 
> Now this would seem to be independent of the window manager used,
> but using gnome, I get the message that no auth has been set, so I
> have to assume that even tho this code is executed, that gnome then
> does something to clear the values set [[ its been a long time, anyone
> remember how to check what auth is set? ]]

You'd use "xauth list".

xauth should be handled automatically, you don't need to do anything in 
rc files under Gnome.  Where are you getting the error message, on your 
own host, or a remote one?